Decentralising Education and Improving Student Outcomes: Implications of the International Research for Developing Countries.

Autor/in	Townsend, Tony
Titel	Decentralising Education and Improving Student Outcomes: Implications of the International Research for Developing Countries.
Quelle	(1996), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Decentralization; Economic Factors; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Educational Research; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); International Education; Outcomes of Education; School Based Management; Social Change; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Decentralisation; Dezentralisierung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Future; Society; Zukunft; Internationale Erziehung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Sozialer Wandel; Australien
Abstract	In Australia as in many other countries, the idea of decentralization of education is an idea being widely adopted. However, it is not clear whether this has resulted in improved student achievement. A review of international research on decentralization provides clear indications that it cannot be asserted that a decentralized system, in itself, makes any difference to the quality of student teaching and learning. One reason there is little evidence in support of decentralization is that school-based management, as the logical endpoint of decentralization, is a relatively new phenomenon. There has not yet been a single group of students who have progressed all the way through a self-managing school. Nor have the school systems that have decentralized developed research agenda to study the issue. It will be difficult to study the effects of decentralization when evidence about the effects of the old centralized system is not available. Countries that institute a decentralized system need to be prepared to study it carefully, and to focus on the improvement of education rather than the repair of the old system. (Contains 32 references.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC